"Brother Yang, didn't you go to see the list?" No one inquired for a long time, Yang Congyi was distracted, and suddenly someone came and woke him up.

When I turned my head, it was a young scholar, who seemed to be somewhat familiar, but for a moment I couldn't remember where I had seen it.

I had to reply embarrassedly: "I didn't participate in this year's imperial examination." How did you do in the exam? ”

The man smiled bitterly, sighed, and said, "There is no name on the list." ”

After a quick search of his brain, he finally remembered who the person in front of him was, so he smiled and said, "Brother Shen doesn't have to be frustrated, just try again in three years." ”

This person is none other than the person who debated with Yang Congyi in Taixue last year, Shen Jin.

Shen Jin said: "Life is too short for many three years. ”

Suddenly, he looked up and saw the two characters next to him, and asked with some confusion: "Brother Yang, is this what you wrote?" ”

Yang Congyi smiled: "Yes, it is exactly what I wrote." I wonder if Brother Shen is interested in going to sea? ”

Shen Jin smiled bitterly: "How can you be in the mood, prepare to go back to rest and rest, and wait for the next imperial examination." ”

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "The next time the department will be opened in three years, the time is still long, why not go to sea with me to see, there are countless overseas scenery, infinite scenery, many countries, different folk customs, or there may be adventures and harvests?" ”

Shen Jin said: "Who are you going with where are you going?" You don't really want to go to the South Seas and go to the far west, do you? ”

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "Brother Shen guessed correctly, I am going to the extreme west, to the Western countries. ”

Shen Jin didn't seem to believe it, and said with a smile: "Brother Yang is not joking, it will take a year to go to Nanyang, when will I come back to the extreme west?" Besides, you have to prepare for a long time when you go to sea, and you don't just have to go, you have to have several boats. ”

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "Don't hide it from Brother Shen, we are preparing now, if everything goes by the way, we will be able to go to sea this winter." Sixty sea ships are being built in Quanzhou Port, once the sea ships are built, they will be able to go to sea, and now there is only a shortage of talents like Brother Shen, I wonder if Brother Shen is interested in chatting? ”

"Sixty?" Shen Jin was startled and blurted out.

Yang Congyi nodded and said: "Yes, sixty ships, more ships, only when we go to sea can it be safe and spectacular, after all, we are the Great Song Dynasty in the east, and we can't be too petty when we go west." ”

Shen Jin stabilized his emotions for a while, and then asked, "Brother Yang, I can't build a ship, and I can't row, what can I do if I want to go?" ”

Yang Congyi smiled: "How can you let Brother Shen row." Our fleet will pass through many countries along the way, and we will inevitably see and hear countless things, and we need to record them, and the scenery along the way is magnificent, and if there are literati, there will be countless poems. Brother Shen is full of literary talents, and going to sea is just the right place to play. ”

Shen Jin was a little moved, and asked again, "I don't know what Brother Yang is doing in the fleet?" ”

Yang Congyi smiled: "If Brother Shen is interested, how about we go back and talk about it?" ”

Shen Jin thought for a while and said, "It's okay, anyway, it's okay to fall off the list, just chat with Brother Yang." ”

Yang Congyi immediately took Shen Jin back to Yi Douzao.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Shen Jin asked, "Brother Yang, are you doing Huiyi?" ”

Yang Congyi smiled and didn't answer directly, but said: "Outside is not a place to talk, come in and talk." ”

Shen Jin was a little hesitant, but he had already arrived at the door, and it was not good to turn around and leave, so he could only go in hard.

After entering the room, the servant served tea, and Yang Cong Yicai said: "Don't hide it from Brother Shen, this time the Yi Supervision Office was set up by the imperial court to prepare for the fleet to go to sea this year." Brother Tang and I are both deputy envoys, responsible for all preparations before going to sea. ”

When Shen Jin heard this, he immediately got up and saluted, and said in his mouth: "Lord Yang, I didn't know before, there are many rudenesses, and I hope to forgive my sins!" ”

Yang Congyi got up and said with a smile: "Brother Shen will be outside no matter how polite he is, please sit down." ”

Shen Jin said: "My lord, please first." ”

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "Brother Shen, it's not right for you to do this, we are not superior in Taixue, we are only on the list, we are not superior, you and I are the same generation, I just left the school earlier than you, and it is better to call Brother Yang and Brother Shen in private." With that, he sat down.

Shen Jin said: "Brother Yang said so, Shen was presumptuous. After that, he sat down.

Yang Congyi smiled: "That's right, we have the friendship of the same debate, and we should be called brothers." Brother Shen, drink tea. ”

The two of them picked up their teacups and took a sip each.

After that, Yang Congyi told Shen Jin about the matter of returning to Yi Supervision, and only then did he mention the recruitment of talents.

I only heard Yang Congyi say: "The fleet goes to sea, on the surface, it relies on strong sea ships, but in fact, it still relies on all kinds of talents, it must be led by old sailors, escorted by the army, all kinds of craftsmen, and religious people to appease people's hearts. Now that many things have begun to be prepared, it is the time to employ people, I wonder if Brother Shen is willing to join us and return to the Yi Supervision Office? The salary is five times a month, and if you follow us to the sea in the future, the salary will be doubled. ”

Shen Jin said: "Since Brother Yang opened his mouth and told me so clearly and in detail, how could I refuse." It's just that at present, I'm still studying in Taixue, and I'll wait for me to go back and take a vacation, make a little preparation, and come back to Brother Yang within three days. Luckily? ”

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "Naturally, Brother Shen can go back and prepare, I will wait for Brother Shen for three days." ”

Shen Jin got up and said goodbye.

Yang Congyi said again: "Brother Shen, if there are people who are familiar with him who are willing to go to sea together, he can bring them all together." ”

Shen Jin should be, get up and leave.

Finally pulled a person, Yang Congyi was very happy, now what he lacks is helpers, there are many things, no one can do it at all, sergeants have to be recruited, religious personnel have to be recruited, the amount is not small, and it is indispensable to see a doctor, thinking about it, his head is big, and he can't sleep at night.

However, there is no way, the manpower is limited, so he can only come step by step, first build the Xuanwei army, and then recruit other personnel.

Two days later, Shen Jin came, along with two Taixue classmates, both of whom were students who failed this time.

Yang Congyi was extremely happy, and immediately gave the three people the position of supervising the creation of the army, and was responsible for assisting him in carrying out the matter of returning to the Yi supervision. When others come, they are still too students, so they can be taken seriously, given their positions, and can carry out their work.

Shen Jin and the three of them are also very happy, to be able to participate in such a major event, and to experience it will be of great help to future development. Moreover, this Lord Yang has no official position, he is called a brother, and he was given the position of joining the army as a student of Tai, which gave them enough face.

Yang Congyi immediately explained the various tasks to be done in the future to the three of them, and the three of them heard it clearly, the fleet has no less than six or seven thousand people, and there is no one now, and the most important thing is to recruit people, which has been related to recruitment for a period of time.

Time was pressing, and without too many greetings, Yang Congyi directly told everyone about going to Anqing Army to recruit and set off early tomorrow morning.

The three of them were happy, naturally had no objections, and immediately took their leave and went back to prepare.

This trip to leave Lin'an, I don't know when I will come back, even if I come back next time, even if I come back, I guess I won't stay. The recruited sergeant should be directly taken to Mingzhou to build an army, start training, and when everything is on the right track, the first batch of ships should be built, and the helmsman and sailors should also start recruiting and training, so he should not be able to help with the procurement of goods.

Yang Congyi had dinner with Tang Xun that day and said goodbye, for more than a year, they have been real classmates, getting along day and night for a year and a half, and their feelings are relatively deep. Thinking about it carefully, except for Tang Xun, Yang Congyi almost had no friends, and he came to the Song Dynasty for four years, and it was really a failure.

There are not many friends, sometimes one is enough. Yang Congyi could only comfort himself like this.

Maybe there will be more friends in the future, and maybe I hope the road ahead will not be lonely.

Tang Xun is very busy, and he is receiving manufacturers all day and night to negotiate the purchase of goods. The two finally took half an hour to have dinner together, and the conversation between the meals was about material procurement and personnel recruitment.

They are all high-spirited young people, where can they waste half of their time.

Early the next morning, Yang Congyi rented a carriage, loaded it with 1,500 taels of silver, and took Shen Jin and the three of them out of Yuhangmen.

Yang Congyi was already accustomed to riding horses, and the other three rarely rode horses, and they couldn't stand the bumps of horses, so they could only take carriages.

But the speed of the carriage is more than half slower than that of the horse, the horse can travel 400 miles a day, the carriage can only go 200 miles, and the delay is more, but there is no way, the three of them are not familiar with the road, leaving the three of them first, and they are afraid that they will get lost, go in the wrong direction, delay more time, and finally have to go all the way.

But fortunately, before leaving from Lin'an, he had already written a letter to Lord Chen, asking him to help publicize the matter of recruiting troops. Now what we have to hurry up is time, if Lord Chen gives an order, the news of army recruitment will spread throughout the six counties under his rule, and when they arrive in Huaining, they can start recruiting army selection and registration.

In the future, if you want to hurry, you have to ride a horse, Shen Jin and the other three people also change horses from time to time, they were not very interested at first, and they all liked it if they rode a few times, and they all liked it, and if they wanted to ride a horse, they had to discuss, and if they didn't discuss well, they had to rob.

Yang Congyi also robbed with them, so he didn't go to rob it, and it was good to sit in the carriage and chat with the other two.

Through chatting, I know that the other two are actually friends that Shen Jin made in Taixue for a few years, one from Yongzhou, surnamed Jiang Mingkai, and the other from Taizhou, surnamed Lin Mingsong.

Jiang Kai's family conditions are average, there are more than ten acres of paddy fields at home, and he does not worry about food and clothing, his ancestral home is Jiangzhou, and no one is an official on his ancestors, to his generation, there are three brothers, he is the youngest, he is more intelligent since he was a child, and he also reads hard, so he studied all the way from the private school to the county school, and was admitted to Taixue a few years ago, and participated in the imperial examination for the first time this year.

Lin Song's family conditions are acceptable, the ancestors once had someone to do Zhizhou, but that was also forty-five years ago, fortunately, the ancestors left a lot of real estate, the real estate was destroyed when the Jin people searched the mountains and seas, the property was not affected, with the ancestral fame, he lived in Taizhou is also moisturized, but the fame of the ancestors with the passage of time, the impact is also decreasing, to his generation under the persecution of his parents to embark on the road of the imperial examination, since he was a child, there is a gentleman in the family, when he grew up, he entered the state school, a few years ago, he was successfully admitted to Taixue, and it was also the first time to participate in the imperial examination, the provincial test will be unsuccessful.

The situation in Shen Jin's family is more similar to Lin Song, and his ancestors also have big officials, but it was also forty or fifty years ago, and the family situation was fine, although it was a little defeated, but after all, there was an accumulation, and it was considered a worry-free food.

As long as he is in the carriage, when he is not chatting, Shen Jin will always take out a book to read, the cover is gone, Yang Congyi asked him what book he read, he only said that it was a miscellaneous book, Yang Congyi also took it and looked at it a few times, it was indeed a miscellaneous book, so he didn't ask anymore.